Happy birthday Stockman's Hall of Fame!

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II opened the Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame in Longreach, bringing to fruition the idea of a tribute to remote Australia and its colourful history.

"I think the strength is in the history of the people that are here," said Hall of Fame chairman and Channel Country grazier David Brook.

"I get great strength in doing the job that I've got to do from the people that went before, I mean the effort they put in to make the hall what it was.

"To put that history in place is something that we just can't lose, we can't let go, we've got to build on it."

In its first 12 months, 100,000 people walked through its doors.

In recent years that number has dropped to about 50,000, which Mr Brook says is not enough for an entity of it's size, but the challenge is the cost of getting people out west.

"The cost of a return flight (to Longreach) is more than the cost to cities in Asia where you can get 3 nights accommodation thrown in," he said

"In those days (1988), people in the cities only had somewhere in Australia to go to. Now with cheap airfares around the world they can go anywhere, so we're competing with other travel destinations and it's hard to get visitors here."

Mr Brook says the 25th year is a time for renewal, with projects and events in the pipeline that will hopefully draw more people to the region.

"In the last 12 months we've brought on board the Flying Doctors Gallery and that's been very well received," he said.

The galleries in the hall haven't had a serious upgrade over the 25 years. The Flying Doctor Gallery was the first one that was renewed, the next one we're hoping to do is an Indigenous heritage gallery.

"We're looking to bring that on board in the next couple of years, and progressively upgrade and change the galleries into the future so that they remain current for the people that come to Longreach."